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Azure Operator Nexus is a carrier-grade, next-generation hybrid cloud platform for telecommunication operators.
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Operator Nexus is purpose-built for operators' network-intensive workloads and mission-critical applications.
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Operator Nexus supports both Microsoft and a wide variety of partner virtualized and containerized network functions.
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The platform automates lifecycle management of the infrastructure, including: network fabric, bare metal hosts, and storage appliances, as well as well as tenant workloads for Container Network Functions and Virtualized Network Functions.
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The platform automates lifecycle management of the infrastructure, including: network fabric, bare metal hosts, and storage appliances, as well as tenant workloads for Container Network Functions and Virtualized Network Functions.
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Operator Nexus meets operators' security, resiliency, observability, and performance requirements to achieve meaningful business results.
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The platform seamlessly integrates compute, network, and storage.
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Operator Nexus is self service and uses the Azure Portal, CLI, SDKs, and other tools to interact with the platform.
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## How Operator Nexus works
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Operator Nexus utilizes a curated and certified hardware Bill of Materials (BOM). It is comprised of commercially available off-the-shelf servers, network switches, and storage arrays. The infrastructure is deployed in operator's on-premises data center. Operators or System Integrators must make sure they [meet the prerequisites and follow the guidance](quickstarts-platform-deployment.md).
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Operator Nexus utilizes a curated and certified hardware Bill of Materials (BOM). It is composed of commercially available off-the-shelf servers, network switches, and storage arrays. The infrastructure is deployed in operator's on-premises data center. Operators or System Integrators must make sure they [meet the prerequisites and follow the guidance](quickstarts-platform-deployment.md).
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The service that manages the Operator Nexus infrastructure is hosted in Azure. Operators can choose an Azure region that supports Operator Nexus for any on-premises Operator Nexus instance. The diagram illustrates the architecture of the Operator Nexus service.
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The same Linux distribution supports Azure cloud infrastructure and edge services.
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It includes a small set of core packages by default.
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[CBL-Mariner](https://microsoft.github.io/CBL-Mariner/docs/) is a lightweight OS and consumes limited system resources and is engineered to be efficient.
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For example, it has a fast boot time with a small footprint with locked-down packages, resulting in the reduction of the the threat landscape.
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For example, it has a fast boot time with a small footprint with locked-down packages, resulting in the reduction of the threat landscape.
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On identifying a security vulnerability, the Microsoft makes the latest security patches and fixes available with the goal of fast turn-around time. Running the infrastructure on Linux aligns with Network Function needs, telecommunication industry trends, and relevant open-source communications. Operator Nexus supports both virtualized network functions (VNFs) and containerized network functions (CNFs).
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### Bare metal and cluster management
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Operator Nexus includes capabilities to manages the bare metal hosts in operators' premises.
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Operator Nexus includes capabilities to manage the bare metal hosts in operators' premises.
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Operators can provision the bare metal hosts using Operator Nexus and can interact to restart, shutdown, or re-image, for example.
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One important component of the service is Cluster Manager.
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[Cluster Manager](./howto-cluster-manager.md) provides the lifecycle management of Kubernetes clusters that are made of the bare metal hosts.
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Operator Nexus includes Network Fabric Automation (NFA), [NFA](./howto-configure-network fabric.md) which enables operators to build, operate and manage carrier grade network fabrics. The reliable and distributed cloud services model supports the operators' telco network functions. Operators have the ability to interact with Operator Nexus to provision the network fabric via Zero-Touch Provisioning (ZTP), as well as perform complex network implementations via a workflow driven, API model.
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### Network Packet Nroker
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### Network Packet Broker
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Network Packet Broker (NPB) is an integral part of the network fabric in Operator Nexus. NPB enables multiple scenarios from network performance monitoring to security intrusion detection. Operators can monitor every single packet in Operator Nexus and replicate it. They can apply packet filters dynamically and send filtered packets to multiple destinations for further processing.
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* Networking: SR-IOV & DPDK for low latency and high throughput. Highly available VFs to VMs with redundant physical paths provide links to all workloads. APIs are used to control access and trunk port consumption in both VNFs and CNFs.
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* Storage: Filesystem storage for CNFs backed by high performance storage arrays
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### Azure Operator Serivce Manager
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### Azure Operator Service Manager
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Azure Operator Service Manager is a service that allows Network Equipment Providers (NEP) to publish their NFs in Azure Marketplace. Operators can deploy them using familiar Azure APIs. Operator Service Manager provides a framework for NEPs and Microsoft to test and validate the basic functionality of the NFs. The validation includes lifecycle management of an NF on Operator Nexus.
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### Observability
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Operator Nexus automatically streams the metrics and logs from the operator's premises to Azure Monitor and Log Analytics workspace of:
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*Infratructure (compute, network and storage)
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*Infrastructure (compute, network and storage)
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* Tenant Infrastructure (ex. VNF VMs).
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Log Analytics has a rich analytical tool-set that operators can use for troubleshooting or correlating for operational insights. And, Azure Monitor lets operators specify alerts.
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